TODAY'S FLOWERS ~ White Rhododendron

A white rhododendron blooms in my wilderness that once was

my perfect Mt.Lofty garden. Though it looks small, this old old

rhododendron is a survivor of a number of bushfires that have

burned it to the ground since it first took root here in the 1850's.

The last fire that tried to murder it was in 1983, it took three

years for it to show new signs of life.

No one knows its name, it has been lost for a long time. I

started asking old nursery men forty years ago but no one

new of its heritage. I have many modern, large flowered

rhododendrons in my garden yet this one is still my favourite.

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